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Overview
Decoding the composition
avenoir - n. the desire that memory could flow backward
Commissioned by and dedicated to Corey Hamm
We take it for granted that life moves forward. But you move as a rower moves, facing backwards: you can see where you’ve been, but not where you’re going. And your boat is steered by a younger version of you. It’s hard not to wonder what life would be like facing the other way…
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This product includes a PDF score perfect for any solo pianist's repertoire. Avenoir is a virtuosic piano solo approximately 12 minutes long. Stylistically it has similarities with Ravel’s “Ondine” from Gaspard de la Nuit. #Piano
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Project Details
Avenoir
for solo piano
Commissioner: Corey Hamm
Dedicated to: Corey Hamm
Instrumentation: Piano
Premiered by Corey Hamm on August 1, 2022 at the Perugia, Italy
Difficulty Level:
Advanced
Duration:
12:00
Type:
Original
Performance Notes:
- Accidentals apply for the whole measure.
- Foreground melodic lines are conveyed using a hierarchy of accentuating notation; progressing from softly emphasised (tenuto), to accents, to notes with double tails, and arriving at the most strongly pronounced: accented notes with double tails.
- The often-present, detailed, mid-register moto perpetuo voice should be played as evenly as possible,
and reside in the background of the overall sound, allowing the foreground melodic material to be heard clearly.
- Notes have been ascribed to left and right hands by the composer, but further adjustments and improvements by the performer are welcomed.
- The same applies to pedalling.
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